Sainte-Marguerite is wetter than 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.1°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 181 days a year at 0°C or below.
Sainte-Marguerite has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Scott, 12 km west.
A year in Sainte-Marguerite at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Marguerite’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Marguerite feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 100
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 27 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,182 mm a year
On about 158 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 75 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Marguerite
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. That means homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Marguerite’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 130 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 18 May to a first of 27 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Sainte-Marguerite’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Scott is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Beauséjour, 26 km |
How Sainte-Marguerite compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Sainte-Marguerite’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 14–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sainte-Marguerite.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marguerite Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Anselme 14 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse 18 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C 0.5°C milder | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon 22 km · St Camille | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −17.5°C 1.0°C colder | 1,284 mm |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 23 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
Sainte-Marguerite weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.9°C | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −15.5°C | −10.0°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.3°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.4°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.3°C | 4.8°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.1°C, more than any month, and August least
Over 1991–2020, January saw both −42.0°C (1994) and 15.0°C (1995), the widest span of any month.
Where Sainte-Marguerite’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Scott, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Marguerite’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Marguerite get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.1°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Sainte-Marguerite get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Marguerite get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,182 mm; the range runs from 75 mm in February to 126 mm in July.
Are these figures for Sainte-Marguerite itself?
They come from Scott, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Sainte-Marguerite.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Marguerite →
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